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whiplash451 on June 23, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: Environmental Impacts of Artificial Intelligence

Using a subpar model and having to run multiple requests may not be a better deal for climate than a sota model one-shotting the right answer.

phillipcarter on June 25, 2025 [–]

I'm saying that you can often use a "subpar" model to one-shot an answer too, provided you work a little harder on prompting and context management.

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